"Things are ramping up from a simmer to a slow burn. By the time we get to the end of September, boy is the pot going to be boiling over," says Ken Corday. "Too many things happen at one time. You can't miss a day."

Rafe/Sami/Nicole/EJ: Corday says this is "the story that drives the show": Rafe begins to figure out things about whose baby Sydney is. "That lights the fuse and the bomb will blow up once we get to the end of October/beginning of November". However, when Rafe "gets all of the goods", Meredith returns to town, and something happens to Rafe where he cannot tell Sami. Meredith is a "completely loose cannon".

I can't wait for this storyline to be over. It's good to see the writers didn't just forget about Meredith. I'm glad she'll be back. At least she was interested, and made me start to like Rafe and Sami as a couple. I predict that Rafe is going to find out the truth about the baby switch, but Meredith is going to do something to him, probably lure him to Stefano, who will lock him up for a few months until Arianne Zucker returs from her maternity leave.

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Bo/Hope/Justin/Carly: "The fallout of the kidnapping is big." Hope turns to Justin and "leans on him" while things deteriorate between Bo and Hope. Hope leaves Bo, bringing Ciara with her. Justin doesn't want to get in the way of Bo and Hope's marriage, "but he is a friend". "And then Carly returns to town."

I'm all for a Justin and Hope pairing. Bo and Hope need a break. And Justin is no Patrick Lockhart, so it works. There is at least history there and the family connection to Bo. It adds great conflict. I am so excited for Carly's return.

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Chloe/Daniel/Kate: "Chloe wakes up, finally." Daniel proposes to Chloe, and they reunite, though Victor tries to stop it. "They will overcome the odds and cut to: happy couple." However, Kate has attempted murder, so she goes to Stefano for help. Will Stefano "rig the jury" to gain her acquittal?

And Lucas is just left out in the cold, like he never had any part in this storyline. Oh, that's right, he didn't! UGH! The only thing that makes this story sound like something I would watch through is Victor's involvement.

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Will/Mia/Chad: Mia tells Will that she had a baby. "It's a bump in the road in their relationship", but what will Chad do when he finds out?

I'm glad the truth is coming out. I'm rooting for Chad and Mia in the end.

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Philip/Stephanie/Melanie/Nathan: Stephanie finds out that Melanie and Philip made love. "It's a very embarrassing time for both Philip and Melanie." Melanie tries to explain things to Stephanie, but she's not interested. She breaks up with Philip, because she's been tricked too many times. "Nathan and Melanie will bond after they're arrested for helping Daniel." One of them must move out of Maggie's house.

Don't worry Philip and Stephanie fans. They'll be back together, engaged and ready to be married by November, only to break off the engagement and break up with each other by New Year's Eve. It's an endless cycle with these two.

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Arianna/Brady: "Victor is on to what Arianna is up to." However, Victor and the viewers don't know that Arianna has a "surprising" connection to someone else in Salem. Victor blackmails Arianna which upsets her greatly.